Pennsylvania’s been without a state budget since the current year began July 1.
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“We need to get it right this time, so the legislators elected to do the people’s business, get back to work”, Wolf continued. “They need to do their jobs”.
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Leaders of the Republican majorities in the House and Senate were still reviewing the nuts and bolts of Wolf’s action, though there was no evidence of any quick callback of members to Harrisburg for a new round of voting sessions. Apparently a $30.3 billion budget that increases education spending by over $400 million without sales or income tax increases is just not enough. He accused Wolf of making special interests his top priority.
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Republican Party of Pennsylvania Chairman Rob Gleason said in a statement Tuesday that Wolf’s June veto of the budget “needlessly plunged our school districts and non-profits into a six-month crisis”.
State Rep. Kevin Schreiber, D-York, said he “applauds” the governor’s decision.
He urged lawmakers to return to Harrisburg to reach a compromise. “Let’s all of us get back to work and finish the job”.
Meanwhile, vendors such as landlords, insurers and utilities await the payment of hundreds of millions of dollars by school districts, counties and the state.
Wolf scheduled a news conference this morning in the Capitol to discuss the budget. The other columns reflect how the general fund dollars were distributed a year ago, how they were to be distributed in the “framework” or compromise budget proposal that the Senate and House Democrats agreed to, and how they were to be distributed in the budget bill that the General Assembly sent him last week. “I just think it means we get to move forward to the next step”. “We call on him to sign this bill before he causes unnecessary school closures and wreaks further havoc on vulnerable Pennsylvanians”. It also lacks some supporting legislation and funding for state-related universities, including Penn State.
Wolf was particularly concerned Tuesday that the education spending plan was much less than the $350 million he had wanted. Wolf had sought the money to reverse post-recession cuts to public schools and human services and to narrow a long-term budget deficit.
The line-item veto exercised by the governor will allow spending of around $23.3 billion, compared with the $30.3 billion that was in the Republicans’ budget proposal.
Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor is about to announce his plans for a Republican-passed spending plan he could sign, reject or whittle down.
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Domestic violence agencies would get an increase under the House GOP’s budget bill, but human services aid is lacking, and victims of domestic violence often rely on it to put their lives back together, Dierkers said.
